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Eric Gallager
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Candidate, New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20

New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15
Predecessor: Ryan Buchanan

Compensation

Base salary

$100/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

George Washington University, 2013

Personal
Birthplace
Concord, N.H.
Religion
Christian-Methodist
Contact

Eric Gallager (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack 20. He assumed office on December 7, 2022. His current term ends on December 4, 2024.

Gallager (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives to represent Merrimack 20. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on September 10, 2024.

Biography

Eric Gallager was born in Concord, New Hampshire.[1][2] Gallager earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University in 2013.[1][3] He has served as the chair of the Concord City Democrats and has been affiliated with the Southern New Hampshire Democratic Socialists of America and the GNU Project.[3]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Gallager was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Gallager was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20

Incumbent Eric Gallager is running in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
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Eric Gallager (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20

Incumbent Eric Gallager advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Eric Gallager
 
99.1
 
430
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
4

Total votes: 434
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2022

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20

Incumbent Eric Gallager won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Eric Gallager (D)
 
98.8
 
1,085
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
13

Total votes: 1,098
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20

Incumbent Eric Gallager advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Eric Gallager
 
99.7
 
338
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
1

Total votes: 339
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2020

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15

Eric Gallager defeated Michelle McCartney in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Eric Gallager (D) Candidate Connection
 
65.5
 
1,242
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Michelle McCartney (R)
 
34.5
 
654
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Total votes: 1,897
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15

Eric Gallager advanced from the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Eric Gallager Candidate Connection
 
99.6
 
501
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
2

Total votes: 503
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15

Michelle McCartney advanced from the Republican primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Michelle McCartney
 
100.0
 
149

Total votes: 149
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2018

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 27 (2 seats)

Rebecca McWilliams and Art Ellison won election in the general election for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 27 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Rebecca McWilliams (D) Candidate Connection
 
52.2
 
6,419
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Art Ellison (D)
 
47.2
 
5,798
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
71

Total votes: 12,288
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 27 (2 seats)

Rebecca McWilliams and Art Ellison defeated Carl Soderstrom and Eric Gallager in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 27 on September 11, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Rebecca McWilliams Candidate Connection
 
38.5
 
1,780
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Art Ellison
 
27.7
 
1,283
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Carl Soderstrom
 
25.0
 
1,156
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Eric Gallager
 
8.9
 
410

Total votes: 4,629
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Candidate Connection

Eric Gallager completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gallager's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am Eric Gallager. I am a son of a planner with the state's Office of Strategic Initiatives and a teaching assistant in the Concord School District. I grew up here in Concord, became politically activated in middle school by the war in Iraq and Craig Benson's governorship, got called a "little jerk" by John McCain when he visited Concord High School in 2007, got my degree in political science from the George Washington University in Washington DC in 2013, and then returned to Concord and have been active in the local political activism community ever since.

  • I am a socialist in the style of Bernie Sanders, who I helped lead to victory in the ward of Concord for which I'm running.
  • I have personal experience with the government programs I hope to legislate about, which will inform my decisions.
  • As a millenial I will help lower the median age of the NH Legislature and make it more responsive to the needs of young people

I am passionate about housing, economic inequality, and software freedom. For housing, I want to pass legislation giving renters greater incentives to form tenants' unions. For economic inequality, I want to make the structure of state taxes here in New Hampshire more progressive. For software freedom, I would like to help state government transition from using proprietary software to using more free-and-open-source software, and also pass right-to-repair legislation.

For religious influences, I try to follow the example of Jesus, St. Augustine, John Wesley, C.S. Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., Jim Wallis, the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, and my former pastor Peter Hey when possible. For politicians, I look up to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden, and all members of "The Squad". For pundits, I find myself most aligned with the views of Jeet Heer and the Bruenigs.

Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" and "Politics" are often read together as a single book. I recommend readers focus on the transitional portion at the end of the "Ethics" and beginning of the "Politics" where Aristotle connects ethics to politics by portraying the state as friendship writ-large.

I was in 5th grade when the 9/11 attacks happened. Our elementary school, Rumford Elementary School, didn't have its own gym, so we had to be bussed over to Conant Elementary School to use their gym for gym class. The students in our class were all being bad on the bus, so the bus driver yelled at us that we wouldn't be being so bad if we knew what had happened in New York that morning. I thought the stock market had crashed. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered the truth. My parents had the TV on. I cried.

My first job was doing child care at my church, Wesley United Methodist Church. It was a job that I had on-and-off again, so it is hard to say exactly how long I had it.

Well right now I am listening to "Pressure Zone" by Beck (off Midnite Vultures), so it is hard to think of other music when there is external music playing!

I live in public housing, in a large apartment building. It has been a struggle to get the housing authority to take certain maintenance issues seriously in the building and resolve them quickly.

Our state has a "greying" population, meaning, we are getting older on average. We need more policies to attract young people to this state.

Given the size of the state legislature here in New Hampshire, it is very easy to meet local legislators, and in fact I have already built relationships with some current legislators. It is necessary to get buy-in from others to pass important legislation.

I favor an independent redistricting council, as provided for in legislation recently passed by the NH State Legislature.

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Eric Gallager campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20Won general$0 $0
2020New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15Won general$832 N/A**
2018New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 27Lost primary$0 N/A**
Grand total$832 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 21, 2020
  2. The General Court of New Hampshire, "Representative Eric Gallager (D)," accessed May 24, 2023
  3. 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Eric Gallager," accessed May 24, 2023

Political offices
Preceded by
Nick White (R)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 20
2022-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Ryan Buchanan (D)
New Hampshire House of Representatives Merrimack 15
2020-2022
Succeeded by
Stephen Shurtleff (D)


Leadership
Minority Leader:Matt Wilhelm
Representatives
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Tom Buco (D)
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John Hunt (R)
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Dru Fox (D)
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Vacant
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Coos 1
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Seth King (R)
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Keith Erf (R)
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Ben Ming (D)
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Lisa Post (R)
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Bill King (R)
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Alvin See (R)
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Vacant
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Dan Wolf (R)
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Mel Myler (D)
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Zoe Manos (D)
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Terry Roy (R)
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Gail Pare (D)
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Luz Bay (D)
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Judy Aron (R)
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Republican Party (197)
Democratic Party (191)
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Vacancies (4)